Flavored cigarette



Dec. 3, 1968 A. A. BRILL 3,413,978

FLAVOHED CIGARETTE Filed Feb. 15, 196e INVENTOR- Arvez. A. emu.

ATTORNEY5 United States Patent O 3,413,978 FLAVORED CIGARETTE Arvel A. Brill, 264 Oriole, Union Lake, Mich. 48085 Filed Feb. 15, 1966, Ser. N 0. 527,448 3 Claims. (Cl. 131-4) ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURE A cigarette having a band of a water soluble confection-ary material between its mouthpiece and the limit of the -area which is burnt.

This invention relates to cigarettes, cigars and the like, having an area of the outer side of their wrapper coated with a flavored material so disposed on the wrapper that the smoker may consume the confectionary material to refresh his taste and breath after smoking the cigarette.

General recognization of the fact that smoking a cigarette or cigar leaves an unpleasant taste in the smokers mouth and that the smell of his breath may be unpleasant to others has led to a number of attempts to utilize confectionary material in such a way as to sweeten the smokers taste and breath. Various methods have been devised for adding flavoring materials to the tobaccos during their initial processing and at the time of use and various flavored mouth-pieces have also been proposed. Such solutions have not met with commercial success because of their affecting the flavor and nature of the act of smoking itself to the displeasure of smokers who are aware and suspicious of the slighest change in the cigarette flavor.

It is therefor a primary object of the present invention to provide a flavored or confectionary material which may be selectively employed by a smoker to sweeten his breath or taste without affecting the basic nature of the smoke itself. This is broadly achieved by providing a flavored confectionary coating disposed on the outer surface of the paper wrapper surrounding the cigarette or cigar, in an area adjacent to but separated from the portion which is disposed within the mouth of the smoker during the smoke and which remains on the butt of the cigarette after it has been smoked. The smoker may then, at his pleasure, make use of the confectionary material by contacting it with his tongue after finishing the smoke. A

The flavored area might be impregnated directly upon the cigarette paper or cigar wrapper or it may be incorporated in a paper band which surrounds the cigarette adjacent to its mouthpiece end. The confectionary material may entirely circle the cigarette at this point or it may be disposed in a nonsurrounding portion on one side of the cigarette.

When employed `as a band which surrounds the paper, the invention may be marketed inthe form of a band and may be individually applied to otherwise normal cigarettes at the time of use.

The confectionary coating uses any well known formula including either natural or an artificial sugar sweetening including sugar substitutes. The material may be colored so as to distinguish the area, in which case, the colored area might form part of a decorative design, or alternatively, the coating may be a transparent one so that a cigarette formed in accordance with the invention is identical in appearance to a normal cigarette. When a transparent coating is employed in this manner, the

smoker will normally have no awareness of the coatingV until his smoke is finished. v

It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a confectionary coating on the paper of a 3,413,978 Patented Dec. 3, 1968 ICC cigarette or cigar, which coating is of the type which will sweeten the taste and breath of the smoker and which is so constructed and located as .to allow the smoker to use his cigarette in absolutely normal manner and to elect whether to indulge in the coating after having finished the smoke.

Another object is to provide such a coating which is disposed on the outer surface of the cover paper of the cigarette or cigar between the area contacted by the lips o-f the smoker in normal usage and the area that is burned in normal usage so `as to be intact after the smoke.

A still further object is to provide embodiments of such a structure wherein the confectionary coating is altern-atively applied directly Ito the outer side of the cigarette paper or to a band surrounding the paper at that point.

Other objects, advantages and applications of the present invention will be made apparent by the following detailed description of two preferred embodiments of the invention. The descriptions make reference to the iaccompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE l is a perspective view of a filter cigarette formed with a confectionary coating thereon in accordance with the present invention with the head of the smoker shown in phantom lines;

FIGURE 2 illustrates the manner in which the smoker utilizes the confectionary coating after smoking the cigarette; and

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the invention taking the form of a band adapted to be placed about the cigarette in position to be applied to the cigarette.

Referring to the drawings, the present invention may be employed with a cigarette, generally indicated at 10, of the Otherwise normal variety. The cigarette illustrated in FIGURES 1 and 2 is of the filter type and broadly includes processed tobacco 12 wrapped in a cigarette paper 14, and equipped with a cylindrical filter 16 of any conventional variety, at the mouthpiece end. The cigarette is disclosed as being retained in the mouth of a smoker 18, with the smokers lips contacting the filter end.

The first embodiment of the invention simply consists of such a cigarette or of a cigarette without a filter, having a coating 20 of a water-soluable, flavored, confectionary material in a band immediately forward of the mouthpiece end 16. The coating is disposed on the outer side of the cigarette paper and is generally transparent so as to be largely invisible when a casual examination is made of the cigarette.

The confectionary material employed in the coating 18 must be water soluble and is preferably simply a water solution of a natural or artifical sugar, or sweetening agent, and some tlavoring material such as mint. The composition of the confectionary material must be such that when the smoker brings his tongue in contact with the coating in the manner illustrated in FIGURE 2, after the cigarette has been smoked, the coating will be readily dissolved by saliva and will impart its flavor to the smokers mouth. The flavor is preferably such as to both improve the taste in the smokers mouth and pleasantly flavor his breath. Any of the well known mint or chlorophyl flavors are ideally suited to this purpose and such coatings could be formed in a variety of flavors to suit individual preferences.

The coating must be such as to dry to `a nonsticky consistency after initial application. The method of application of the coating 18 to the cigarette paper 14 must be such as to avoid any contamination of the tobacco 12 which might occur by permeation of the coating through the cigarette paper and into the tobacco. The consistency of the coating at the time of application may be controlled in order to avoid such undesirable permeation, or in alternative embodiments, some waterproof coating might be first placed over the paper at the area to be coated.

The placement of the coating 18 immediately forward of the mouthpiece or iilter 16 avoids its being burned during the normal smoking of the cigarette. Such burning would not only affect the flavor of the smoke, but would consume the coating and prevent its use in the intended manner. Therefore, the position of the coating on the cigarette is critical, being limited to the area immediately forward of the filter or mouthpiece which is not normally consumed when the cigarette is smoked, but remains part of the butt.

Following the normal use of the cigarette, a butt 22 of reduced length, as is shown in FIGURE 2, results. In order to take advantage of cigarettes formed in accordance with the present invention, the smoker then brings his tongue into contact with the coated area and moistens the coating thereby indulging in the avoring. This avor is chosen to sweeten the smokers breath and freshen his mouth. Following such use, the butt end may be discarded.

An alternative e-mbodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIGURE 3. In this embodiment, the coating is not formed directly on the cigarette paper 26 but is rather formed on a closed cylindrical paper band 28 which has an interior diameter approximating the outer diameter of the cigarette. The band 28 is coated with a flavored confectionary material 30 on its outer side. The band is adapted to be slipped over either end of the cigarette, generally indicated at 32, and positioned immediately forward of the mouthpiece end 34. This may be done as a step in the manufacturing process or the bands 28 may be marked for application to cigarettes by the smoker himself. Use of such a band obviates the possibility of the coating impregnating the tobacco during smoking of the cigarette.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

v1. A cigarette or cigar-like smoking implement of the type described, having a section which is normally consumed during smoking comprising: a processed tobacco disposed within a cylindrical sheet wrapper, having one end which is intended to be inserted in the mouth of the smoker, and a water soluble, avored, confectionary coating formed on a portion of the outer side of the wrapper, spaced inwardly of the mouth end a distance normally beyond that engaged by the lips or tongue of the smoker while the implement is being smoked and toward the mouth end from said section of the implement which is normally consumed during smoking; whereby the implement may be smoked by the user in a completely normal manner, and the smoker may then bring his tongue into contact with the confectionary coating to refresh his taste and breath.

2. The smoking implement of claim 1 wherein the coating is formed directly on the surface of the outer wrapper.

3. The smoking implement of claim 1 wherein the coating is formed on a short cylindrical sheet member which is formed over the outer side of the wrapping.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,507,925 9/1924 Marshall 131-12 1,926,564 9/1933 Sharp 131-4 2,666,437 1/1954 -Lattof 131-4 2,746,890 5/ 1956 Legler 1.31-4

HUGH R. CHAMBLEE, Primary Examiner. 

